I know i catch slack for this. but i want to start a good discussion. I have alot of friends from all over the world. Alot of people dont look at things from an objective point of view and see how others see us. We have similiar issues as the rest of the world. We and our media IMO spin them different,
We see car bombs all over the middle east. They are terrorist and horrible i agree. They see us. We have mass shootings. Look at the movie theater shooting, how many college campus shootings and so on.
Our ambassador was killed in a attack. no way to justify it. Civilians from there did try and help and stop it. Gabby Giffords was shot in the head and others killed at a rally at a grocery store parking lot. Civilians there stopped the killer thankfully. Whats different?
We see protest with we hate America signs and burning flags over there. . They see protest here. Saying Obama is a Muslim. Obama as Hitler. The 99% rallies with all kinds of signs. some of them turned violent. Stores were burned, cops tear gassing people. Hell there was protest at U Penn over Joe Pa and he was protecting a child molester. Cars were set on fire during that. How did that look to people around the world. People rioted because a child molester was let go.
We say we want democracy and civil rights for everyone. We limit gay rights to marriage. Some of the tings said about the gay issue by people in office are horrible. There are protest outside funerals saying god hates fags. We are passing all kids of laws on "voter id" Our media has that as a way to disenfranchise poor and elderly voters. Also changing early voting and how to register to vote. Re drawing districts. Do you not think that looks corrupt to outsiders? Like people are trying to manipulate the laws so a certain member wins elections. Yet we say how we want to spread democracy across the world. And will complain that elections other places were corrupt or rigged. It looks like we do the exact same thing. We look like giant hypocrites.
What others thoughts?